Long-term recurrence of secretory breast carcinoma with metastatic sentinel lymph nodes

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2011 Mar:283 Suppl 1:77-8. doi: 10.1007/s00404-010-1669-9. Epub 2010 Sep 14.

Abstract

Purpose: Secretory carcinoma is a rare form of breast cancer most frequently encountered in children or young adults. Several cases have been described in adults with increased aggressiveness and a risk of metastases.

Case report: We report here, in a 30-year-old woman, a case of local relapse and lymph node metastases occurring 16 years after the initial diagnosis of secretory carcinoma.

Conclusion: We present the clinical, radiological and pathological findings that led to the diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy
  • Carcinoma / pathology*
  • Carcinoma / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology*
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Time Factors